Scotland women's national cricket team

The Scotland women's national cricket team, nicknamed the Wildcats, represents Scotland in international women's cricket. The team is organised by Cricket Scotland, an associate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC).

Scotland
Nickname(s)Wildcats
AssociationCricket Scotland
Personnel
CaptainKathryn Bryce
CoachSteven Knox[1]
International Cricket Council
ICC statusAssociate member (1994)
ICC regionEurope
ICC Rankings Current[2] Best-ever
WT20I 12th 11th (11-Oct-2018)
Women's One Day Internationals
First WODIv  England at Bradfield College, Bradfield; 10 August 2001
Last WODIv  Ireland at VRA Cricket Ground, Amstelveen; 26 July 2003
WODIs Played Won/Lost
Total[3] 8 1/7
(0 ties, 0 no result)
Women's World Cup Qualifier appearances4 (first in 2003)
Best resultChampions (2003)
Women's Twenty20 Internationals
First WT20Iv  Uganda at VRA Cricket Ground, Amstelveen; 7 July 2018
Last WT20Iv  Netherlands at Lochlands, Arbroath; 7 September 2019
WT20Is Played Won/Lost
Total[4] 20 12/7
(1 ties, 0 no result)
This year[5] 0 0/0
(0 ties, 0 no result)
Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier appearances3 (first in 2015)
Best result3rd (2018)
As of 5 October 2020

Scotland were involved in the first international women's cricket match, when they played against England in August 1932. The team played sporadically throughout the remainder of the 20th century, with regular competition beginning only in 2000. Scotland's first international tournament was the 2001 European Championship, where matches held One Day International (ODI) status. The team's only other ODI appearances to date came at the 2003 IWCC Trophy in the Netherlands, a qualifier for the 2005 World Cup. Outside regional tournaments, Scotland has only qualified for two major events since then – the 2008 World Cup Qualifier and the 2015 World Twenty20 Qualifier.

In April 2018, the ICC granted full Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Scotland women and another international side after 1 July 2018 will be a full WT20I.[6]

History

In August 1932, a Scottish women's team played England at New Road, Worcester, in what was the first international women's cricket fixture. Four members of the inaugural Scottish women's side – Betty Snowball, Myrtle Maclagan, Joy Liebert, and Betty Archdale – later played in Test matches for England.[7] After 1932, a Scottish women's team was not raised again until 1979, when a fixture was played against a Junior England team at Malvern College, Worcestershire.[8]

Scotland made their international tournament debut at the 2001 edition of the Women's European Championship. They lost all three games, finishing last in the four-team tournament. Two years later, they played in the 2003 IWCC Trophy, the inaugural edition of what is now known simply as the World Cup Qualifier. They finished fifth in the six team tournament, which was hosted by the Netherlands, with their only win coming against Japan.

They again played in the European Championship in 2005, but again went without a win and finished last. In 2007 they will compete in the Women's World Cup qualifier in Ireland playing the hosts as well as Bermuda, The Netherlands, Papua New Guinea, Pakistan, South Africa and an African qualifier. The top two in this tournament will qualify for the World Cup in 2009, whilst the top four will gain Test and ODI status for the following four years.

In 2014, Scotland were promoted to Division 2 of the Women's County Championship after losing only one game throughout the season.[9] The Wildcats are currently preparing for the ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifiers to be held in Thailand at the end of 2015.[10]

In April 2018, Kathryn Bryce was named as the captain of the team.[11] In July 2018, Scotland played its first T20 international match against Uganda in 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier in Netherlands.

In December 2020, the ICC announced the qualification pathway for the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup.[12] Scotland were named in the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier regional group, alongside five other teams.[13]

Tournament history

European Championship
  • 1989 to 1999: Did not participate
  • 2001: 4th place
  • 2005: 5th place
  • 2007: 4th place
  • 2012: 3rd place
  • 2014: 3rd place
  • 2016: 1st place

ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier

Other tournaments

In the 2019 Netherlands Women's Quadrangular Series, Scotland finished in second place, winning four of their six matches. Following is the final standing of the same:-

Team[14]
 Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
 Thailand 6510010+2.509
 Scotland 642008–0.385
 Ireland 623015+1.320
 Netherlands 605011–4.113

Records and statistics


International Match Summary — Scotland Women[15][16]

Last updated 7 September 2019

Playing record
FormatMWLTNRInaugural match
One-Day Internationals8170010 August 2001
Twenty20 Internationals201271012 July 2018

Women's One-Day International

ODI record versus other nations[15]

Records complete to Women ODI #449. Last updated 29 June 2019.

OpponentMWLTNRFirst matchFirst win
ICC Full members
 England 1010010 August 2001
 Ireland 2020011 August 2001
 Pakistan 1010022 July 2003
 West Indies 1010023 July 2003
ICC Associate members
 Japan 1100025 July 200325 July 2003
 Netherlands 2020012 August 2001

Women's Twenty20 International

T20I record versus other nations[16]

Records complete to WT20I #757. Last updated 7 September 2019.

OpponentMWLTNRFirst matchFirst win
ICC Full members
 Bangladesh 2020012 July 2018
 Ireland 312008 July 201810 August 2019
ICC Associate members
 Germany 2200026 June 201926 June 2019
 Namibia 110005 September 20195 September 2019
 Netherlands 5311026 June 20199 August 2019
 Papua New Guinea 2110014 July 201814 July 2018
 Thailand 3210010 July 201810 July 2018
 Uganda 110007 July 20187 July 2018
 United States 1100031 August 201931 August 2019

Note: Scotland won the tied match against Netherlands in a Super Over.

Current squad

The Scottish squad for the 2019 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier is as follows:[25]

See also

References
  1. "New Women’s Head Coach Steve Knox will be looking forward to seeing the best players in action" – Cricket Scotland. Retrieved April 18, 2016.
  2. "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
  3. "WODI matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  4. "WT20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  5. "WT20I matches - 2021 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  6. "All T20I matches to get international status". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  7. England Women v Scotland Women, Scotland Women in England 1932 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  8. Other women's matches played by Scotland Women – CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  9. http://www.scottishwomencric.com/2014/08/09/match-report-wildcats-v-netherlands/
  10. http://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2015/media-releases/88040/icc-announces-schedule-of-icc-womens-world-twenty20-qualifier-2015
  11. "Kathryn Bryce named Scotland Women captain". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  12. "Qualification for ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2023 announced". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  13. "ICC announce qualification process for 2023 Women's T20 World Cup". The Cricketer. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  14. "Women's T20I Quadrangular Series (in Netherlands) 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  15. "Records / Scotland Women / One-Day Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo.
  16. "Records / Scotland Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo.
  17. "Records / Scotland Women / Women's One-Day Internationals / Highest totals". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  18. "Records / Scotland Women / Women's One-Day Internationals / Top Scores". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
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  21. "Records / Scotland Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Top Scores". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  22. "Records / Scotland Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Best Bowling figures". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  23. "Records / Scotland Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  24. "Records / Scotland Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
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